BUT… I am still skeptical that it actually works, so I tried it myself.

This is a nose:

This is a freshly washed nose:

This is a nose with glue on it:

Heh heh heh heh:

And then I waited for an indeterminate amount of time for it to dry. I don’t really know how long, but probably like half an hour or something. I don’t know. You guys are smart. You’ll figure out when the school glue you squirted on your face has dried appropriately…

The fun part:

Annnnd, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the before and after, wherein I tell you if my pores shrunk to nothing with the magic of school glue…

Sorry guys. I was hoping to report that Reddit and imgur finally found the solution for pores like mine. Fortunately, though, I can continue to store my car keys in them, so there’s that.

Don’t add it to the bottle ( I realize I didn’t make that clear). I use the kind with a pump (heh heh), and so I pump out one squirt in my hand (heh heh), and then add enough baking soda on top of that to cover it. So if the amount is quarter sized, your baking soda amount will be too. I actually keep a restaurant sized Parmesan cheese shaker of it on my bathroom counter. Pump, sprinkle, rub hands together, and rub it into your face for a few minutes and rinse with water.

lemon juice concentrate that you buy at the grocery store. wipe your face down with it 3 times a week. after the first couple of times you will see huge difference. I am not even sure I still have pores. Plus it evens out your skin tone.

Your pores are not as big as my boyfriend’s… I really got to enjoy how big they were after he drunkenly covered his face in pool chalk. Even after he washed his face, the blue chalk was absorbed into his pores. Giant. Blue. Pores.

Maybe you fail at reading comprehension considering that 9 hours before your post someone made a similar comment and Sonja responded to it about removing the gunk = shrinking pores. So point your fingers at yourself Crystal.

WhuckFebruary 26, 2013 - 3:11 pm

Er, you, my dear, are coming across as the rude one. Calm yo’self.

CrystalWFebruary 27, 2013 - 2:13 am

I stated it was a misunderstanding and apologized. Not sure what else I could do, or why you are being such a douche canoe. I hope you spread that joy through out your entire life…..

Cinnamon_CappelMarch 7, 2013 - 10:39 pm

I so must use the words douche canoe in my next conversation. Thank you for that. I love it!!

Wow, grade school flashback! I used to love letting glue dry in my hand so I could peel it off. I had totally forgotten about that small pleasure of childhood; thanks for the reminder! Now that I am a grown-up and can buy my own glue I think I will get a bucket of it and cover my whole body.

Though I loved that you put glue on your nose and invited many jizz jokes that make me laugh…I am still confused as to why this pin even started? I mean why wouldn’t one just buy pore strips? They take the gunk out of your pores = smaller pores. Sometimes I wonder who makes these pins up..I mean I don’t sit on my couch thinking “HEY! If I put glue on my nose, I wonder if it would get rid of blackheads?” But I thank you anyways for the shits and giggles that I got to experience.

I actually thought of the same thing as soon as pore strips were invented and my mom wouldn’t buy me any when I was in middle school. So, yeah, I guess people like me. But I didn’t continue doing it. Mostly because I forgot because I didn’t continue doing it because I didn’t actually get blackheads until years later. (Probably why my mom wouldn’t buy me any.)
I wouldn’t have imagined that anyone else would have wanted to do it, even then. I would not have told anyone I’d used glue instead of a new expensive beauty product, but I guess DIY is more in now. Maybe I should make pins of things I figured out you can do when I was in middle school. Diet tips: Don’t eat breakfast or lunch, just snacks and dinner! Body art: You can draw on yourself with Milky Pens!

The gelatin and milk pore strips work well, but nothing reduces the size of your pores except maybe botox lol. Once they’re stretched you’re stuck with them until they develop a cream that shrinks skin or something.. pores get stretched by holding dirt, so unless youre young and continually keep your pores clean then it’s inevitable.

Botox won’t shrink your pores. Botox essentially paralyzes your muscles, to prevent/get rid of wrinkles. I like the gelatin and milk pore strips, I also have tried the single ply paper towel covered in egg white. Let it dry with the egg white on it and peel off. Works decently and there’s no worries about stuff dripping off your nose, unless you soak the paper towel too much.

Hey Sonja. I just had to tell you that you are cracking my shit up this morning. I’ve been up all night (It’s 6 am here) and I don’t know if you are really that funny or I am really that tired but…well, thanks anyway. I gotta pin your site to my browser so that when I get up to think about maybe writing something in about 6 hours I can check and see if you’re still funny.

BTW found your blog while reading Whiskey Pissing Unicorns. BEST book for freelancers that I’ve read in a long time and I will be writing a review on my blog…when I get up in 6 hours or so.

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